Fri, Jun. 27 2008
Saw Thievery Corporation last night at Central Park - what a great show.
Actually, it's been a good welcome to the summer all around - took a long weekend at the beach in Montauk and spent the afternoon in Central Park yesterday feeling some good music and vibes on what turned out to be a perfect summer night.
Seu Jorge made only a brief appearance but he made an impact.Honestly, the entire Thievery set was on fire, they rolled out all kinds of musicians and singers - even a belly dancer to compliment their exotic mix of sounds that range from the Middle East to the Caribbean.
Gotta give credit to the crew at Turntables on the Hudson also, who made the most of a short set.Good to see they're still alive and clearly kicking - used to go to their parties down at the piers at the now defunct Lightship Frying Pan.
Can't forget the Frying Pan - no sir.
Thu, Jun. 12 2008
Going to a Central Park Summerstage concert in a couple of weeks for a nice line-up featuring some fine euro-latin talent - Thievery Corporation is the headliner, along with Bebel Gilberto, Federico Aubele and Seu Jorge.
I know the others, but who is this Seu Jorge? I ask.
Now that I'm looking, I'm finding he's one dynamic and fascinating individual.
Raised in the slums of Brazil, he played "Knockout Ned" in the fantastic "City of God."
City of God too violent for you? Perhaps an offbeat comedy is more your taste - he was also in Wes Anderson's "The Life Aquatic" where he became pals with Bill Murray and Willem Dafoe.
Oh, and he also did a bunch of Bowie covers for the soundtrack - in Portuguese.
Including the "Aquatic Sessions," he's released four solo albums and he tours the world.
You'll also find him in "The Escapist," a British prison break movie, coming soon.
And if that's not enough, Vogue Brazil once dubbed him "the coolest man on the planet."
Interested in more?
Independent
Zeigler Productions
I'm really looking forward to the show...
Tue, Jun. 10 2008
More about Apple:
A good Time piece this morning talking about the iPhone gamble and why Apple has a good shot at becoming a mobile market leader (hint - they make your digital life simple and they do it with style).
We all know Apple makes great-looking intuitive products but the other side of business is customer service and support and Apple also does this better than anyone else.
We recently purchased a new iMac for the home to replace my desktop G5 that died and it was a breeze to set-up & get running in our network of various machines and devices.And it looks good.And if something goes wrong we know it will get fixed with minimal hassle (as long as it's in warranty).That's it.That's the winning business model.
My brother-in-law who is a photographer when he's not doing construction in the sweltering heat, recently asked me to help him get out of his .mac membership. I got pegged as the computer/mac guy early on so I get the call for anything computer related. He got the membership to put up a simple website to show his work but he doesn't need it anymore. After his credit card was charged for the renewal, he asked me to step in. I checked the refund policy and realized we were outside of the cancellation window by a couple of weeks, but after a quick email to support, we got a very pleasant response, indicating they would honor the request and issue the refund.
Gotta love it.
An Apple is an Apple, everything else is well...not an Apple.
After sleeping on it, investors forgive Apple for the wait...
AAPL - 186.48
